A Girl In The Field

Sometimes I seriously sit down and ask myself why I love clothing as much as I do.

It’s kind of crazy if you think about it. I have built my life around playing dress up. I can completely understand why people mock the fashion industry. I get why there are haters. But for me, there is something deeper and more meaningful in why I choose to take special care in the way I present myself to the world.

I don’t always understand it, but my heart & soul feel it.

When I pick up a piece of clothing that is made from cotton, I smile in knowing that the cotton came from a farm, far away, where there may or may not have been a little girl playing make believe just as I used to do. For me, playing dress up meant that I could be someone other than a farmer’s daughter who lived in the middle of nowhere Texas for the day. For me, playing dress up meant that I could sing at the Grand Ole Opry, I could fight pirates, become Alice In Wonderland or pretend I was walking the runway at NYFW. While I grew up on a cotton farm, surrounded by thousands of acres of open land, I also grew up playing different careers, different sides to my personality and exploring what I wanted my life to be.

Then, one day, I went out and became her. That is what this blog is all about. Using the way you dress to become the woman you want to be.

omg, did you just wear a colored PRINT?! Only on your shoes, but love it!

Books have the same effect on me as clothes do you on you….but I like clothes too.

Vicky

Great post – I feel the same. Having no female friends that view fashion in the same way and working in an industry as far from fashion as possible I question on a daily basis why it means so much to me. The answer is simple, it just does. It’s who I am and I wouldnt change it for the world.

I always think of clothes as an external layer of skin that function as a means for me to triumph in my day. Some days that means blending in, other days it means a sparkly piece to give myself a little pick-me-up.

Holy LOVING this look!!!!!!! Those shoes are amazing. I have my masters in Social Work and I always go back and forth between fashion and SW. I always end up feeling that fashion is just for me and I end up feeling so much more fulfilled doing something that effects me and others on a deeper level.
Sheree xxxhttp://www.itsnotthatdeep.com

Those Satine pumps are just so beautiful! I’m the same with clothing. I think one article of clothing has such history behind it even when you pick it up from the store. I can’t get over how special clothing actually is… it defines us.

So very well said!! It’s exactly what my blog means to me too so I understand it to the bone. I really enjoy your blog beyond the lovely clothes and all the types of woman you embody…I enjoy how that all brings out your soul and how you feel! It really comes through!

It is truly amazing to have a passion. Mine is Event Production…and I feel blessed to be obsessed with it as much as I am. That and my husband make my world spin…. and i don’t need to totally understand it all the time.

I absolutely love this: “Using the way you dress to become the woman you want to be.”

You’re one of the few fashion bloggers that has given me REAL food for thought. I don’t have the same relationship with clothing, but I do respect people who do and aspire to put more effort into what I wear. I love the idea that you can dress up to be the person you want to be. And that can translate into many things.

Seriously, thank you for this post. I’ve wondered the same thing before, but what I wear has a huge effect on how I feel about myself, and that goes way beyond labels or looks. Fashion is art and self-expression, and people who don’t understand that typically just express themselves in different ways. Awesome post (and outfit!).

I always struggle with loving clothes. At the end of the day I do think it’s a form of art . I don’t think it’s materialistic if you are buying what you love, not for the label, and staying in budget. Love these shoes!

This was so wonderfully said. I have always loved fashion and have battled whether it’s just frivolous or something more. But the truth is I’m good at it and that’s my gift.
Thanks for these words!
xo Adrihttp://www.adrilately.blogspot.com